mipela

Tok Pisin

FWOTD – 6 November 2012

Etymology

From mi +‎ -pela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.pe.la/

Pronoun

mipela

1. we, us (exclusive, "we but not you"); refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to.
   • 1992, collected by Mühlhaüsler et al. quoted in Language, Education, and Development: Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Suzanne Romaine, Oxford: 1992)
   • Na mipela i no save long Tok Pisin tu. Brata bilong mipela ol i go long stesin, orait ol i kisim save long stesin. Ol i kam bek orait ol i tok pisin.
   • And we didn't know Tok Pisin either. Our brothers went to the station, and then learned new things in the station. Then they returned speaking in creole.

See also

Tok Pisin personal pronouns

			singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person		exclusive	mi	mitupela	mitripela	mipela
		inclusive		yumitupela	yumitripela	yumipela, yumi
2nd person			yu	yutupela	yutripela	yupela
3rd person			em	tupela	tripela	ol